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ABSTRACT: Studies were undertaken to delineate the actions of stem cell factor (SCF) on human fetal hcmatopoietic progenitors in vitro. Mononuclear cells from um- bilical cord blood of term fetuses were “panned” immunologically, and the resulting hematopoietic progenitors were grown in methylcellulose culture containing various concentrations of SCF alone or in combination with other recombinant hematopoietic growth factors. Neutralizing antibodies to IL-3 and granulocyte-macrophage colonystimulating factor were added to all plates to which recombinant IL-3 or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor were not included to decrease any confounding effect resulting from production of small quantities of these factors within the culture plates. SCF, as a single agent, supported clonogenic maturation of fetal granulocyte-macrophage progenitors (granulocyte-macrophage colonyforming unit, p < 0.05), multipotent progenitors (CFU- MIX, P < 0.05), and erythroid progenitors (erythroid burstforming unit, p < 0.05). When combined with subplateau concentrations (0.1 μg/L) of IL-3 or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, SCF had an additive or synergistic effect on clonogenic maturation of granulocyte—macrophage colony-forming unit and CFU-MIX. When combined with higher concentrations (5.0 μg/L) of IL-3 or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, SCF generally did not enhance colony formation but did increase the number of cells per colony. Like other pleiotropic cytokines such as IL-6, IL-9, and IL-11, SCF had a broad spectrum of action of fetal hematopoietic progenitors.
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Schibler, K., Ohls, R., Le, T. et al. Effect of Recombinant Stem Cell Factor on Clonogenic Maturation and Cycle Status of Human Fetal Hematopoietic Progenitors. Pediatr Res 35, 303–306 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199403000-00004
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